When comparing TickTick vs Simpletasks Dropbox, the Slant community recommends TickTick for most people. In the question“What are the best GTD apps?”TickTick is ranked 3rd while Simpletasks Dropbox is ranked 11th. The most important reason people chose TickTick is:

On each task you can choose between a text description or a checklist.

Keyboard shortcuts

Pro

Integration with calendars by URL

Pro

100% Free

Just like todo.txt cli, this is 100% free (although donations are accepted).

Pro

Also comes in a cloudless an Owncloud version

For those who don't care about syncing there is a cloudless version while people who run Owncloud may opt for the Owncloud version.

Pro

There is an add to calendar button

This not only tells one's calendar (and thus any devices that sync with your calendar) about the todo, but allows all synced calendars to play an audible alarm when the todo is scheduled to be finished.

Pro

Seemless compatibility with todo.txt cli

Let's one sort to-dos by due date then priority

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Cons

Con

No native integrations with IFTTT or Zapier

The app doesn't feature native integration with these services, but you can use this functionality by fiddling with the custom email address that is provided by TickTick.

Con

Abo model is too expensive.

Con

Free version is limited

TickTick's free version is limited to 19 task lists, 1 attachment per day, and 1 collaborator.

Con

Translation to Portuguese is not professional

For Portuguese speakers, the Portuguese translation seems very amateurish.

Con

No search of non-latin languages in web

The web version has no ability to search non-latin languages (e.g. Russian, Greek).

Con

Interface is not clear

It has too much information, causing some confusion sometimes.

Con

Intelligent date and time entries don't work everywhere

In some apps, you can type "call Ben tomorrow at noon" and the date and time fields will be automatically populated with "tomorrow" and "noon". TickTick has recently implemented this feature, but it doesn't work flawlessly via the webapp or via a widget. The functionality does work good within the Android app, however.

Con

As far as I know this app is Android only

I believe Simpletasks is an Android only app.

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